Where does “watered” come from?
Watered comes from English water, which derives from Old English wæter, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, ultimately from the root *wed- meaning to flow or wet.
watered (English): simple past tense and past participle of water;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of water;...
Ancestry of “watered”, step by step
watered traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English water
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | water | A substance found at room temperature and... |
| 2 | Middle English | water | water; water vapour, condensation; lake, pond,... |
| 3 | Old English | wæter | water |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |